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"If COVID-19 had taught us anything it surely must be that poorly ventilated
buildings can be a health hazard. Yet due to a weakness in current rules they
continue to be built.
Under Australia’s
National Construction Code it is possible to build a
nightclub for 1,000 people with no ventilation. And it is possible to build a
school for 600 people with no ventilation, or an aged care centre for 300
people with no ventilation.
This is because the construction code requires windows that can be opened for
natural ventilation, but nothing requires them to be opened in service.
And where the code requires mechanical ventilation (fans or air conditioning)
it is possible to build a hospital where the air that is supplied to patient
rooms travels back to the air conditioning unit via corridors. A recent design
in Footscray is typical.
This means visitors, patients and health care workers have to travel through
airborne effluent from unwell people to reach them."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
